11985081

Power Savings for Reduced Capability Devices

PublishedMay 14, 2024
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46 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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2. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring the one or more group common RSs comprises monitoring the one or more group common RSs in a group common bandwidth part (BWP).

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3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common positioning reference signals (PRSs).

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4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common synchronization signals.

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5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS).

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6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common resynchronization signals (RSSs), one or more group common sequence-based wake up signals (WUSs), or a combination thereof.

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8. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing one or more intra-frequency measurements on the one or more group common RSs.

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9. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing one or more inter-frequency measurements on the one or more group common RSs.

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10. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the group common RS configuration comprises receiving the group common RS configuration in system information.

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11. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the group common RS configuration comprises receiving the group common RS configuration in downlink control information (DCI), a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

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13. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more group common RSs are broadcast or multicast.

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14. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more group common RSs is configured with power boosting.

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15. The method of claim 1, wherein the group of UEs comprise reduced capability (RedCap) UEs.

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17. The method of claim 16, wherein outputting the one or more group common RSs comprises outputting the one or more group common RSs for transmission in a group common bandwidth part (BWP).

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18. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common positioning reference signals (PRSs).

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19. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common synchronization signals.

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20. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS).

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21. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common resynchronization signals (RSSs), one or more group common sequence-based wake up signals (WUSs), or a combination thereof.

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22. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving an intra-frequency measurement report of the one or more group common RSs.

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23. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving an inter-frequency measurement report of the one or more group common RSs.

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24. The method of claim 16, wherein outputting the group common RS configuration comprises outputting the group common RS configuration for transmission in system information.

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25. The method of claim 16, wherein outputting the group common RS configuration comprises outputting the group common RS configuration for transmission in downlink control information (DCI), a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

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27. The method of claim 16, wherein outputting the one or more group common RSs comprises outputting the one or more group common RSs for broadcast transmission or multicast transmission.

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28. The method of claim 16, wherein outputting the one or more group common RSs comprises outputting at least one of the one or more group common RSs for transmission with power boosting.

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30. The UE of claim 29, wherein, to monitor the one or more group common RSs, the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to monitor the one or more group common RSs in a group common bandwidth part (BWP).

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31. The UE of claim 29, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common positioning reference signals (PRSs).

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32. The UE of claim 29, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common synchronization signals.

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33. The UE of claim 29, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS).

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34. The UE of claim 29, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common resynchronization signals (RSSs), one or more group common sequence-based wake up signals (WUSs), or a combination thereof.

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36. The UE of claim 29, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to perform one or more intra-frequency measurements on the one or more group common RSs.

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37. The UE of claim 29, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to perform one or more inter-frequency measurements on the one or more group common RSs.

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38. The UE of claim 29, wherein to receive the group common RS configuration, the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to receive the group common RS configuration in system information.

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39. The UE of claim 29, wherein to receive the group common RS configuration, the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to receive the group common RS configuration in downlink control information (DCI), a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

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41. The UE of claim 29, wherein the one or more group common RSs are broadcast or multicast.

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42. The UE of claim 29, wherein at least one of the one or more group common RSs is configured with power boosting.

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43. The UE of claim 29, wherein the group of UEs comprise reduced capability (RedCap) UEs.

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45. The network entity of claim 44, wherein to output the one or more group common RSs, the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to output the one or more group common RSs for transmission in a group common bandwidth part (BWP).

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46. The network entity of claim 44, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common positioning reference signals (PRSs).

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47. The network entity of claim 44, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common synchronization signals.

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48. The network entity of claim 44, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS).

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49. The network entity of claim 44, wherein the one or more group common RSs comprise one or more group common resynchronization signals (RSSs), one or more group common sequence-based wake up signals (WUSs), or a combination thereof.

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50. The network entity of claim 44, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to receive an intra-frequency measurement report of the one or more group common RSs.

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51. The network entity of claim 44, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to receive an inter-frequency measurement report of the one or more group common RSs.

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52. The network entity of claim 44, wherein to output the group common RS configuration, the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to output the group common RS configuration for transmission in system information.

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53. The network entity of claim 44, wherein to output the group common RS configuration, the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to output the group common RS configuration for transmission in downlink control information (DCI), a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

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55. The network entity of claim 44, wherein to output the one or more group common RSs, the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to output the one or more group common RSs for broadcast transmission or multicast transmission.

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56. The network entity of claim 44, wherein to output the one or more group common RSs, the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the UE to output at least one of the one or more group common RSs for transmission with power boosting.

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Publication Date

May 14, 2024

Inventors

Jing Lei
Qunfeng He
Muhammad Nazmul Islam
Linhai He
Peter Gaal
Hari Sankar
Carsten Aagaard Pedersen
Murali Menon
Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov

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